The world famous American company for the production of Harley-Davidson motorcycles in recent years, not pleased with their financial performance. In this regard, and with the growing popularity of electric transport in matagigantes decided to start production of electric motorcycles. For this, according to TechCrunch, a deal was made with the manufacturer electrobike Alta Motors.
It is worth noting that even in 2014, Harley-Davidson has already announced the intent to create a electric bike called LiveWire. They planned to release a “futuristic motorcycle”, which on one charge could drive about 80 kilometers. However, as it turned out, recently Harley-Davidson has trademarked Revelation. Perhaps under the same name and will be released eletronic, the appearance of which should take place in 2019. For the production of new models, Alta Motors in the next 10 years will receive from Harley-Davidson multimillion-dollar investment (which exact amount was not disclosed). Instead, Harley-Davidson will get from Alta Motors all of use, in particular device of the electric motor and the diagram of the power system.
“Our 10-year strategy is focused on a new generation of owners and new promising types of transport. So we had an aggressive investment campaign in the field elektronikov and planned to take a leading position in a new market, not forgetting our loyal fans.”
It should also be noted that Alta Motors is already very interesting developments. For example, the company recently released a bike that can be completely charged 90 minutes, which is enough to overcome 100 kilometers or 65 miles on the road, so Harley-Davidson thanks to the cooperation with Alta Motors has all the chances to release a successful product.
Harley-Davidson launches the production of electric motorcycles
Vladimir Kuznetsov